Drop-perch for vehicles



(No Model.)

H. W. PELL.

DROP PERGH FOR VEHICLES.

No. 314,714. Pafnented Mar. 31, 1885.

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HENRY w. PELL, or ROME, NEW YORK.

'DROP-PERCH FOR VEHICLES.

JPECIPICATIQII forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,714., dated March31,.1885.

' Application tiled July 28, 1 884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, HENRY W. PELL, of Rome, in the county of Oneida, inthe State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inDrop-Perch Connections, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in improved means for firmly and securelyconnecting two perches to the headblock of a vehicle, as hereinafterfully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the annexed drawings, whereinFigure I is atop view of the forward end of two perches and theirconnection with the headblock and spring mounted thereon. Fig. II is atransverse section on line as 00, Fig. I, with a portion of the side ofthe couplingarm broken away to show the concavity of said arm and theextension of the perch into the same. Figs. III and IV illustratemodifications in the detail construction and combination of theaforesaid parts. Figs. V, 'VI, and VII are perspective views showing indetail the modifications of the construction of the transomplate andperch couplings. Fig. VIII is a transverse section on line 3 3 Fig. III,and Fig. IX is a longitudinal section on line 2 2, Fig. I.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

H represents the head-block, S the spring mounted thereon, andPP denotetwo perches connected with the head-block by the followinginstrumentalities: The usual transomplate, a, which is secured to theunder side of the head-block has integral with it tworearwardly-projecting arms, I) b, which are de flected downward andextended under the end of the perch 1?, as shown in Figs. II, III, andIV of the drawings. Over each of the arms I) bis a brace, c, the rearend of which lies on top of the perch, and is secured thereto by boltspassing vertically through said parts and through the arms I) I). Theforward end of the brace is extended across the transomplate a andcountersunk in the under side of the head-block, as shown in Fig. IX ofthe drawings, and the central or intermediate portion of. the brace isformed concavo-convex and deflected downward, corresponding to the armI), and lies with its edges contiguous tothe top of said arm. Theconcavmconvex form of the brace. c is easily produced from acomparatively light bar by means of a droppress with suitable dies, andsaid form impart-s rigidity to the brace and serves as a socket for thereception of the end ofthe perch, as illustrated in Fig. II of thedrawings. The embrace of the end of the perch by the brace c obviatesthe danger of splitting the perch. The concave-convex portion of thebrace terminates with a shoulder, 's, by which it abuts against the rearof the head-block. The said brace and transom-plate a have in commontheir attachment to the headblock. Said attachment I prefer to make bymeans of the clip 0, which embraces the spring S and headblock, and hasits ends extended through the brace and transomplate, and providedunderneath the latter with nuts n n, by which to clamp the partstogether. If it is desired to fasten the spring to the head-block by asingle clip at the center thereof, a bolt may be extended verticallythrough the head-block and through the brace and transom-plate, as shownin Fig. IV of the drawings. The connection of the perch with thehead-block can 'be re-enforced by shoulders 8 either on the front edgeof the transom-plate, as represented in Fig. IV of the drawings, or onthe forward end of the braces, as shown in Fig. V of the drawings, whichshoulders abut against the-front of the head-block, as illustrated inFigs. II and III of the drawings.

It will be observed that in every instance the brace c is extendedacross the transomplate, and has in common with it the attachment to thehead-block, and is countersunk in the head-block, and thus securelyretained in its position over the arms b Z) of the transorn-plate.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In combinationwith the head-block H and perches P P, the transom-plate at, having thearms b b integral with it and extended under the perches, and the bracesc c on top of the perches and extended across the top of thetransom-plate and countersunk inthe under side of the head block,substantially as de scribed and shown.

2. In combination with the head-block H, my name and affixed my seal, inthe presence perches P P, and the transom-plate a, formed of twoattesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the, 10 with the arn1sb'b,'thebraces 0 con top of the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York,arms b b, and extended between and across the this 9th day of June,1884.

5 trans0mmigite-andhead block and shouldered HENRY W. PELL. [L. s.]

against the 'tsid'e of ---the-1i"ead-b10ck, substan- Witnesses: tiallyas shown and set forth. FREDERICK H. GIBBS,

In testimony whereofIhavehereunto signed 0. H. DUELL.

